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| No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 151 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 6 May 1803 | 1803-05-06 | Your’s of the 3d . was recieved last night. the uncertainty where you were has alone prevented mr... |
| 152 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 6 November 1803 | 1803-11-06 | Your’s of Oct. 25. from Prestwood came to my hands last night. it is the first knolege of your... |
| 153 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 12 January 1804 | 1804-01-12 | Mr. Lilly having lately sent me the materials for the account of your rents for the year 1802.... |
| 154 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 23 January 1804 | 1804-01-23 | Your favor of the 17th. is duly recieved; and consoles me under the chagrin of the necessity... |
| 155 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 9 July 1804 | 1804-07-09 | Mr. Barnes & myself have been long sensible that the passing my pecuniary affairs through his... |
| 156 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 22 July 1804 | 1804-07-22 | I am just winding up for my departure and therefore have only time to inform you that I have left... |
| 157 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 20 September … | 1804-09-20 | According to the desire in your letter of July 19. & that to mr Price , I have settled the rents... |
| 158 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 10 November … | 1804-11-10 | Your favor of the 5th. has been duly recieved; & I am very thankful to you as well as to your... |
| 159 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 8 February 1805 | 1805-02-08 | I am now able to resume my paiments , which have been interrupted by the great expences of the... |
| 160 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 11 March 1805 | 1805-03-11 | Your favors of Feb. 14. & 26. are now before me, and answering first to the former, I inclose you... |
| 161 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 4 May 1805 | 1805-05-04 | Yours of Apr. 24. came to hand some days since, and I now return you the calculation of interest... |
| 162 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 14 June 1805 | 1805-06-14 | Your favor of May 15. was recieved in due time. you will now recieve inclosed a draught of the... |
| 163 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 18 August 1805 | 1805-08-18 | In hopes of seeing you before this in Virginia I had [rese]rved the inclosed out of funds in... |
| 164 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 12 December … | 1805-12-12 | Yours of the 2d. inst. has been duly recieved; but I have not had it in my power to make you the... |
| 165 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 27 January 1806 | 1806-01-27 | Your favor of the 28th. was recieved on the 24th. although mr Skipwith’s error in fact (that the... |
| 166 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 7 March 1806 | 1806-03-07 | Your favor of Feb. 26. has been duly recieved. I think I mentioned in a former letter that... |
| 167 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 9 June 1806 | 1806-06-09 | I observed to you in a former letter that I had found from experience that I could not pay you... |
| 168 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 13 June 1806 | 1806-06-13 | My letter, written the day before yours of the 10th. will in some degree have anticipated your... |
| 169 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 8 July 1806 | 1806-07-08 | I inclose you an order of the bank of the US. at this place on that at Philadelphia for five... |
| 170 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 30 August 1806 | 1806-08-30 | Yours of the 23d. was recieved by the last post, and I sincerely regret that we are not likely to... |
| 171 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 12 October 1806 | 1806-10-12 | On my arrival here I found your letter of Sep. 27. with an accumulation of business which has... |
| 172 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 5 January 1807 | 1807-01-05 | In my note of Oct. 13. I inclosed you a draught of the United States bank here on that at... |
| 173 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 7 February 1807 | 1807-02-07 | I now inclose you a draught of the bank of the US. of this place on that of Philadelphia for five... |
| 174 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 6 April 1807 | 1807-04-06 | I now inclose you a draught of the US. bank here on that of Philadelphia for 500. D. and early in... |
| 175 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 19 May 1807 | 1807-05-19 | I returned to this place three days ago, which being later than I had expected, has retarded my... |
| 176 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 12 June 1807 | 1807-06-12 | Mr. Jefferson not having compleated the sale of my tobacco, I am enabled to send you on 750. D.... |
| 177 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 14 June 1807 | 1807-06-14 | Your letter of the 11th. was recieved last night. in the mean time mine of the 12th. had crossed... |
| 178 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 15 November … | 1807-11-15 | Your’s of the 6th. has been duly recieved. on the subject of your location for the winter, it is... |
| 179 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 31 January 1808 | 1808-01-31 | Yours of the 27th. was recieved last night. those of Nov. 25. & Dec. 29. had been recieved in due... |
| 180 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 5 May 1808 | 1808-05-05 | Your favor of Apr. 28. came safe to hand with the watch chain and seal, which are entirely to my... |
| 181 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 6 July 1808 | 1808-07-06 | What I now write you must be as secret as the grave. there is at length an unanimity of opinion... |
| 182 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 13 July 1808 | 1808-07-13 | I recieved last night yours of the 10th. the idea of your going so early as by the vessel which... |
| 183 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 20 July 1808 | 1808-07-20 | I have put off writing to you to the last moment, and must therefore be short as I am just... |
| 184 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 2 August 1808 | 1808-08-02 | On the reciept of your letter of July 23. I wrote to mr Madison expressing my ideas on the... |
| 185 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 19 August 1808 | 1808-08-19 | Your letters of the 7th. & 10th. were recieved on the 15th., communicated to mr Madison &... |
| 186 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 29 August 1808 | 1808-08-29 | Yours of the 7th. & 10th. inst. were acknoleged in mine of the 19th. Mr. Madison is now with me... |
| 187 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 6 September … | 1808-09-06 | I avail myself of the last moment allowed by the departure of the post to acknolege the reciept... |
| 188 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 8 March 1809 | 1809-03-08 | It is with much concern I inform you that the Senate has negatived your appointment. we thought... |
| 189 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 21 September 1810 | 1810-09-21 | Your’s of Aug. 30 . arrived while I was absent in Bedford , to which place I now go several times... |
| 190 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 8 March 1811 | 1811-03-08 | I now make frequent journies to Bedford , and make long stays there , having a good house and... |
| 191 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 17 May 1811 | 1811-05-17 | Yours of April 11 . was recieved in due time; but as you expressed a wish that your lands should... |
| 192 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 26 July 1811 | 1811-07-26 | On the reciept of your letters of May 29 . & June 18 . I wrote to mr Bankhead , then with his... |
| 193 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 15 October 1811 | 1811-10-15 | Your letter of Aug. 10. from Portland Portsmouth came duly to hand. according to promise I have... |
| 194 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 26 April 1812 | 1812-04-26 | Your favor of the 19 th was recieved yesterday. those of Feb. 20. & Mar. 5. had come to hand... |
| 195 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 30 September 1812 | 1812-09-30 | I have at length recieved an offer for your lands, which tho not coming entirely up to your... |
| 196 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 17 October 1812 | 1812-10-17 | I have communicated to mr Higginbotham the substance of your letter of the 7 th and can now give... |
| 197 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 6 November 1812 | 1812-11-06 | Your favor of Oct. 29. finds me still here. tho’ the effects of my fall have not been quite... |
| 198 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 26 December 1812 | 1812-12-26 | I am just returned from Bedford and find here your favor of Nov. 29 . as an object which needs no... |
| 199 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 10 February 1813 | 1813-02-10 | Your patience has been put to the proof, and yet I have not been one moment in default. in my... |
| 200 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 25 April 1813 | 1813-04-25 | Your favor of Feb. 16. remains still I believe to be acknoleged. as I did not go to the court... |